New features included the ability to slice and play as female players such as Monica Seles, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport and the males such as Patrick Rafter, Magnus Norman, Thomas Enqvist and Carlos Moyá and mixed doubles matches.

For the first time in the Virtua Tennis series, the World Tour mode features yearly based and calendarized seasons.

Users have to play and win tournaments throughout the seasons, as well as to complete training exercises, in order to progress.

The user enters with a rank of 300th for both male and female players, which improves as matches and tournaments are won.

By completing the hardest difficulty with a certain amount of time left or points scored, an outfit is unlocked, which players can wear in all modes.